The Rio Grande at Sunset 2017-06-12 - The Rio Grande River, El Paso, TX - Photo by Jackie Montgomery. The Rio Grande northwest of El Paso painted in hues that reflect the hope of rain. - Jackie Montgomery, Adair County, KY. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Congratulations to Columbia Cub Scouts 2017-06-12 - Wheet Fellowship Hall, First Church of the Nazarene, 1200 Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Maggie Coleman. The Cub Scout advancement ceremony took place in Wheet Fellowship Hall, The Church of the Nazarene on Saturday, June 10, 2017. The scouts earned either a Tiger Badge or a Wolf Badge for their work over the course of the year. Scouts from left are Easton Burton, Gabe Coleman, Weston Bullock, Cade Wall, Ethan Giles, Jayden Campbell, Elijah Hensley, Evan Franklin and Holland Furkins. - Maggie Coleman Columbia Boy Scout Troop 185 meets regularly each Monday night at Columbia Church of the Nazarene, 1200 Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY. - Troy Elmore, Scoutmaster. (RECURRING WEEKLY) Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Lloyd & Josephine Wilson celebrate 62 years of marriage 2017-06-12 - Dunnville, Casey County, KY - Photo by Frances Salyers. Lloyd & Josephine Wilson were married 62 years on June 11, 2017. Daddy is 83 and Mommy is 78 and both still work everyday. My sisters and I love them very much - Five girls - Linda (Sherman), Jewell (Vernon), Frances (Daril), Nancy (Paul), Teresa (James) - Frances Salyers Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Wildflowers of KY: Milkweed in its most common color - Orange 2017-06-11 - Chance, Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com photo(c). Milkweed, sometimes called butterfly weed, is shown here in its most common color in this area, bright orange, beautiful in the a windswept field before a backdrop of fleabane. The plant provides food for Monarch butterflies. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Bennett Motor Co. also sold the Star line of automobiles 2017-06-11 - Columbia, KY - Photo from the collection of JIM facsimile from Adair County News, Columbia, KY. This is an ad for an earlier Star Cars dealer. An item in the Adair County News, in the fall of 1927 likely drew a fair amount of attention -- the announcement that Mr. Emery Bennett, Columbia businessman J.A. Schuler, and C.T. Stults, and Adair native then residing in Louisville, a man with considerable knowledge of dealing in cars, were "the proprietors of a new automobile sales company under the name of the Bennett Motor Company in the old Bank of Columbia building." - JIM Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

A 1928 ad for Bennett Motor Co., Columbia, KY 2017-06-11 - Columbia, KY - Photo from the collection of JIM facsimile from Adair County News, Columbia, KY. BENNETT MOTOR COMPANY -This was Adair County's third attempt at a Durant and/or Star automobile agency. In the fall of 1923, a brief series of ads for the cars from L.M. Smith of Cane Valley appeared and quietly vanished from the pages of the News. From late spring through early autumn 1925, notices appeared weekly (or nearly so) from Reece Motor Co., "Columbia and Montpelier," touting the advantages of owning one of these automobiles. - JIM Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Running lines prepping for: Last Train to Nibroc 2017-06-11 - Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, KY - Photo photo from Lindsey Wilson College. Jacob Scott, far left, Caitlin Corder center, and Court Mace far right run lines in preparation of the first production of LWC TheatreFest! 2017, "Last Train to Nibroc." The show premieres June 22, 2017, at 7pmCT in VP Henry Auditorium, 210 Lindsey Wilson Street, Columbia, KY Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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